#C46C27#C46C27

#C46C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.137 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C27
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 39)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 30.04, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 59.43, 59.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0802 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.137 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4963, 22.6106, 4.7827)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C27 #277FC4

analogous

#C42731 #C46C27 #C4BA27

triadic

#C46C27 #27C46C #6C27C4

tetradic

#C46C27 #31C427 #277FC4 #BA27C4

square

#C46C27 #31C427 #277FC4 #BA27C4

split-complementary

#C46C27 #27C4BA #2731C4

monochromatic

#5E3413 #91501D #C46C27 #DC8B4D #E6AD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C46C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C46C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C27

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C27	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86771D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.137 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9766',
    500: '#c46c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c27;
$custom-light: #dd9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.369,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C27

secondary

#79A9CE

accent

#9EEA3E

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C27

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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